HDD of RNS510

[carlover]

Tried searching forum for answers but zilch.

For some odd reason, the HDD option on my rns510 is not activated. So i can't store my music (CD's) on it. Asked dealer and they said only MP3's can be stored. Is that right?

Thanks in advance.

Luddite

[Corey_R]

MP3's aren't the only thing you can store there. But yeah, the RNS510 won't "rip, encode and tag" your CDs for you. Put your CDs into whatever your favourite computer software is, convert them to MP3 like you would to put them on any other MP3 device, and then put them on a SDHC card and put that in your RNS510 to transfer them to the HDD. You can also burn the MP3's to a CD or DVD to transfer them that way, but this is much slower.

[dArK5HaD0w]

as corey_r already mentioned, you can store MP3s on you rns510 hdd.
u can also store WMA files on it.

u just gotta make sure u meet the requirements for the MP3 data and data carrier:-
• CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW with a capacity of 650 MB and 700 MB.
• 4.7 GB DVDs and up to 8.5 GB Double Layer DVDs.
• The CDs/DVDs must correspond to the ISO 9660 Level 2 standard as well as the Joliet data system (single and multi-session).
• Data names must be no longer than 64 characters.
• The list structure is restricted to a depth of 8 list levels.
• The name of the artist, the album and the title of the reproduced MP3 data can be shown as ID3 tag, providing this information is available. The list and data name will be displayed if there is no ID3 tag.
• WMA data (Windows Media Audio) can also be played even if the copyright is additionally protected by the DRM procedure (Digital Rights Management). Such WMA data is not supported by the unit.
• The operation and behaviour of playable WMA data conforms to the MP3 data and will not be described further.

Bit rate (data flow per time unit)
• The system supports MP3 data with bit rates of 32 to 320 KB/s as well as MP3 data with variable bit rates.
• The indicated playing time data with variable bit rates is not reliable.

[Corey_R]

Hey dArK5HaD0w, did that come from the owners manual?
I just want to confirm, cause that may help another member here in another thread.

[dArK5HaD0w]

Hey dArK5HaD0w, did that come from the owners manual?
I just want to confirm, cause that may help another member here in another thread.

yup - i've got a pdf version of the manual.
although its for the "columbus system" (skoda), its essentially the rns510.

[Corey_R]

Alright mate, cheers

[carlover]

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

[Transporter]

For those interested, the Columbus (RNS510) manual is in this thread. http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...tml#post622271